East Side and Far East

Republicans held the day at St. Hedwig, said the Democratic campaign workers parked outside city offices there, while the Democrats dominated at Smith Elementary School on San Antonio’s East Side.

St. Hedwig is a heavily Republican area, they said, but something else might be going on, too.

“The conjecture is, people are probably voting against Perry,” said Eddie Stolowski, who was urging St. Hedwig voters to support incumbent Precinct 4 Commissioner Tommy Adkisson. “If I could have crossed over and voted for the Republican side, that’s what I would have done, too.”

It didn’t look like many people were crossing over at Smith, where Sheila McNeil supporter Lee Reed said 161 Democrats and five Republicans had voted. His colleague Tyrone Darden said they got some good feedback that day, as well as numerous voters who were playing it close to the vest.

“It’s probably all impulse,” Darden said. “You can tell them the facts and initiatives, and at the end of the day it’s impulse.”